Were there supposed to be more shorts?

[DeGugs]

Back in November of 2014 Markiplier said in his video of the hospital short: "I know that they're going to make more (shorts)." Of course there was a wealth of potential for more shorts, but 4.5 years later we still only have those same two.

I've been looking around and can't seem to find anything that suggested that more shorts were planned let alone canceled. There's no posts asking for more, no Dev response as to why there wouldn't be more. Were they really planning on stopping at just two shorts? If not, what happened to the others?

If I were to make any short (official, not some workshop level) I'd make a Spongebob themed level in honor of Steven Hillenburg. Surprisingly, the only Spongebob referential content in this game is a Squidward workshop skin, so someone get to work on a Spongebob level already!

[Njã¥l]

Didn't the game use Source? There's already a Source map for The Krusty Krab out there.

[DeGugs]

Originally posted by Njawl:

Didn't the game use Source? There's already a Source map for The Krusty Krab out there.

Well I haven't found it, but it's not really the same as an official level. Point is they could've had more shorts, and a Spongebob parody level would've been a great idea.

[PTibz]

Hey DeGugs!

We only ever planned on making two shorts because our goal at Young Horses was to create a game that fulfilled our creative desires while making enough money so that we could go on to create another weird game that wouldn't have otherwise been made. Since the two shorts were released we've been working on a brand new game, as well as bringing Octodad to as many other platforms as possible.

We'll probably make more Octodad some day, but right now we're working on something we think people who liked Octodad will also really dig. Thank you for your interest in Octodad!

- Phil

[Skidachio]

Originally posted by PTibz:

Hey DeGugs!

We only ever planned on making two shorts because our goal at Young Horses was to create a game that fulfilled our creative desires while making enough money so that we could go on to create another weird game that wouldn't have otherwise been made. Since the two shorts were released we've been working on a brand new game, as well as bringing Octodad to as many other platforms as possible.

We'll probably make more Octodad some day, but right now we're working on something we think people who liked Octodad will also really dig. Thank you for your interest in Octodad!

- Phil

I really hope you release more Octodad content/ a sequel in the foreseeable future. This is easily one of my favourite games.

I am also excited to see what you've got planned for this brand new game. Do you have any information as to when we might hear more about it?

[Scarfy101]

I hope they do actually make more shorts, the only other short i found was a mod which was based on the shorts trailer. People should really make more mods which could act as shorts, actually, people should make more mods in general.

[specialk7004]

Excuse me PTibz or Phil, but do you know what the character’s ages? Like Octodad, Sarlet, Stacy, Tommy, Chef Fujimoto, Shark Joe, the Scientists, and Air Hockey Matt. You don’t have to do the last 3.

[DeGugs]

Originally posted by kapplega70:

Excuse me PTibz or Phil, but do you know what the character’s ages? Like Octodad, Sarlet, Stacy, Tommy, Chef Fujimoto, Shark Joe, the Scientists, and Air Hockey Matt. You don’t have to do the last 3.

Well the kids are likely between 7 and 9 and the adult humans look to be in their late 30s or mid 40s.

Octodad is a special case though since octopi reach adulthood at about 2 years, so we can only conclude that Scarlet had the kids prior to meeting Octodad and met him when he was around 2.

This sadly means he's about 4 in the game and only has a couple years left to live.

Have fun playing it now!

[specialk7004]

What about the chef?

[DeGugs]

Originally posted by kapplega70:

What about the chef?

He claims to have fought in some sort of war in the past so I'd wager hes at least past 50